Once the industrial heartland of the city, harnessing the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation, this area to the south of the city mirrored the slow decline of commercial waterways from the 1920s. However, the presence of the Elland Road Stadium, home to Leeds United FC, has ensured that the area remains fixed in the city's consciousness. Enlightened regeneration has seen Thwaite Mills and the historic Middleton Railway become two of the city's leading tourist attractions.